strawberry dilemma
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strawberry dilemma
I bought three sorts of strawberries this year, Honeoye, Alice and Cupid for strawberries over a long period of time. They are now all flowering and setting fruit now, what has gone wrong? is it because I have them in the polytunnel, I have only ever grown early strawberries but I thought I would get some for later on in the year
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Re: strawberry dilemma
Perhaps you should have used some "ever bearers" which can be nipped back till later in the season (say June) and then allowed to set fruit?
Re: strawberry dilemma
I agree with Flo, I only grow everbearers which fruit from now until November.
Depending on the variety some produce loads of fruit and then have a couple of weeks rest before starting again, but some just keep going.
Funnily enough I will pick our first 2 ripe strawberries in the morning to have with breakfast muesli.
Depending on the variety some produce loads of fruit and then have a couple of weeks rest before starting again, but some just keep going.
Funnily enough I will pick our first 2 ripe strawberries in the morning to have with breakfast muesli.
Tony
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Re: strawberry dilemma
oh dear, better get some everbearers then, looks like I may have a lot of strawberries next month
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Re: strawberry dilemma
I don't think you can ever have too many strawberries.
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Re: strawberry dilemma
Absolutely correct and with that in mind I have ordered some Buddy strawberries, so long may my strawberry season continue, thanks everyone, still really confused as to why everything has come at once thoughGreen Aura wrote:I don't think you can ever have too many strawberries.
Re: strawberry dilemma
Well I've noticed this before in catalogues. Just looked in Dobies bareroot strawberry plants and they have "early season" fruiting from June. "mid season" fruiting from June and "late season" fruiting from mid-June.diggernotdreamer wrote:still really confused as to why everything has come at once though
As you are growing them in ideal conditions do you think you would notice a 2 week difference between them?
I'm still looking for Finesse plants, the only place I've found that delivers to Ireland sell them by the thousand, now I think that just might be too many strawberries.
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Re: strawberry dilemma
Have you got into Address pal yet, for 3.75 you can collect from your local post office, I buy stuff from the UK all the time for UK postal rates and just the collection fee
Re: strawberry dilemma
Yes I've had one for ages, AND I've actually used it several times, and worked out their system (I think).
I recon they collect from the UK address at the weekend as it didn't matter what day I bought UK stuff it always arrived at my post office on Tuesday morning. So if I want to order live plants I think I know when to order.
The Finesse strawberry is not the "delivery to Ireland" bit so much, it is the case that just about the only place I found delivered plants in multiples of a thousand.
Such are the vagaries of new strawberry varieties, 4 or 5 years ago everybody sold Finesse, now they are rare.
I recon they collect from the UK address at the weekend as it didn't matter what day I bought UK stuff it always arrived at my post office on Tuesday morning. So if I want to order live plants I think I know when to order.
The Finesse strawberry is not the "delivery to Ireland" bit so much, it is the case that just about the only place I found delivered plants in multiples of a thousand.
Such are the vagaries of new strawberry varieties, 4 or 5 years ago everybody sold Finesse, now they are rare.
Tony
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